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Published on: June 7, 2018
Crystal and magnetic structures and properties of BiMnO(3+delta)
Alexei A Belik1, Katsuaki Kodama, Naoki Igawa
1International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. Alexei.BELIK@nims.go.jp
Abstract:
Crystal and magnetic structures of BiMnO(3+delta) (delta = 0.03, 0.08, and 0.14) have been determined by the Rietveld method from neutron diffraction data at 8-10 and 290 K. BiMnO(3.03) (= Bi(0.99)Mn(0.99)O(3)) crystallizes in a monoclinic system (the refinement was performed in space group C2/c; Z = 8; a = 9.5313(3) A, b = 5.57791(17) A, c = 9.7375(4) A, beta = 108.951(2) degrees at 290 K). BiMnO(3.08) (= Bi(0.974)Mn(0.974)O(3)) crystallizes in space group P2(1)/c (Z = 8; a = 9.5565(4) A, b = 5.51823(16) A, c = 9.7051(4) A, beta = 109.442(3) degrees at 290 K). It was found that Mn vacancies are localized mainly in one Mn site (among three sites) in Bi(0.974)Mn(0.974)O(3). Vacancy-ordering and charge-ordering scenarios are suggested as possible reasons for the crystal symmetry change compared with Bi(0.99)Mn(0.99)O(3). BiMnO(3.03) and BiMnO(3.08) are ferromagnetic below T(C) = 82 and 68 K, respectively, with magnetic moments along the monoclinic b axes. Refined magnetic moments at 10 K are 2.88(2)micro(B) in BiMnO(3.03) and 2.33(2)micro(B) in BiMnO(3.08). BiMnO(3.14) (= Bi(0.955)Mn(0.955)O(3)) crystallizes in an orthorhombic system (space group Pnma; Z = 4; a = 5.5136(4) A, b = 7.8069(8) A, and c = 5.5454(5) A at 290 K), and its structure is similar to that of LaMnO(3.11)-LaMnO(3.15). No magnetic reflections were found in BiMnO(3.14) down to 8 K, in agreement with its spin-glass magnetic state. Magnetic and chemical properties of BiMnO(3+delta) (0.02 < or = delta < or = 0.14) have also been investigated and compared with those of LaMnO(3+delta). Systematic changes of magnetic parameters in BiMnO(3+delta) were found to depend on delta.
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